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Bank strike: 20k ATMs in TN might run out of cash

9 hours ago

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Around 20,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) in Tamil Nadu might run out of cash in the coming weekend because of a nation-wide strike called by bank officers’ unions...

MDMK, CPI ask cadres to work for Cong-DMK win

14 hours ago

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A day after Congress and DMK arrived at an agreement on contesting in Vikravandi and Nanguneri byelections, alliance partners MDMK and CPI on Sunday extended their support to them...

TN: Grandmother didn’t sell land, killed

20 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A farmer at a public grievance meet complained to the Kancheepuram collector that his 92-year-old grandmother was slowly poisoned as she refused to sell her 5acre land in Peranakavur village...

Tangedco to raise working capital from consumers

21 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tangedco, which is in a deep financial crisis and has not paid to wind power suppliers for many months, has sought to mobilise funds from the market by encouraging consumers to pay power bills in advance...

TRB takes online route to curb malpractice in exam

21 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

End-to-end encrypted delivery of questions, collection of data of candidates’ responses with time of their mouse clicks, audit of exam centres for quality terminals, network connection and power back-up and three layers of monitoring of online exams – the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) is doing everything to ensure online recruitment tests are not manipulated...

Thirumazhisai satellite town may have mall, hotels

22 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Thirumazhisai satellite town on the western outskirts of the city may have office space, shopping mall and hotels with residential towers on its side...

TNEB worker electrocuted during maintenance work

23 hours ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A field assistant of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board was electrocuted during a repair work at Mathur-MMDA on Saturday...

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Centre appoints acting Chief Juctice for Madras HC

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Woman injured while trying to avoid traffic cops

yesterday

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A 23-year-old woman broke a leg after she braked to avoid hitting a policeman, fell down and was hit by a lorry from behind near Red Hills...

Undertrial death: Ex-prison superintendent jailed

2 days ago

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'SC/ST backlog vacancies now general category'

2 days ago

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Violating the reservation policy, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University has converted five faculty posts allocated to SC/ST categories to general turn (GT), varsity’s SC/ST employees association has alleged...

Flood protection work launched in two districts

2 days ago

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Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday launched flood protection work in Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts at Rs 68.6 crore...

Declare Keeladi a protected Sangam era site: MP

2 days ago

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Keeladi and its neighbouring places in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district should be declared as a protected Sangam era archaeological site, said Madurai MP Su Venkatesan on Friday...

TN: Photo electoral roll to be released on Oct 4

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Tamil Nadu state election commission will release the photo electoral roll on October 4 for the upcoming local body elections...

Medical seat for daughter: Cop conned of Rs 1 lakh

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A woman police inspector was cheated of Rs 1 lakh by an overseas education agency which promise a medical seat for her daughter in Poland...

Saravana Bhavan hotel defaults on ESI, PF dues

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The country’s best known south Indian food chain, Saravana Bhavan, has defaulted on statutory payments such as provident fund and ESI dues...

Sri Lankan navy detains five Indian fishermen

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday night detained five Tamil Nadu fishermen for fishing in the territorial waters of the island nation...

'Sangam age is older than previously thought'

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Sangam age is generally considered between 300 BC and 300AD. But the Sangam age materials unearthed from the Keeladi excavation site in Sivaganga district of Tamil could be dated between 600 BC and 100 AD, scientific examinations have suggested...

Chennai corpn will deliver manure at your door

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has announced that it will door deliver manure made from the waste collected in all 15 zones of the city...

Egmore railway station lacks proper signage

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Egmore railway station may be the second biggest in the city, but it does not have proper information boards to guide passengers to platforms and trains, especially at the western entrance on Gandhi-Irwin Road where most passengers and visitors arrive by autorickshaws and cabs...

Common language helps, but can’t impose it: Rajini

3 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Actor Rajinikanth on Wednesday joined the chorus against imposition of Hindi. “A common language is good for the growth of any country, not just for India. Unfortunately, we cannot bring it in India,” he told reporters at Chennai airport. “However, one should not impose any language...

Hindi row: Shah climbs down, Stalin calms down

4 days ago

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Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday clarified that he was not for forceful imposition of Hindi across the country but had only advocated its use as a common language...

Largest parcel size, DWT in a day for Tuticorin

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The V O Chidambaranar (VOC) port has set two records by handling a ship with the highest parcel size and dead weight tonnage (DWT) handled by a major port so far. The Panama flagged vessel, ‘MV NBA Vermeer,’ carried a parcel size of 89,777 tonne and DWT of 95,692 tonne...

Hindi imposition: DMK postpones Sept 20 protest

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The DMK on Wednesday evening announced its decision to postpone the September 20 state-wide protest against Union home minister Amit Shah’s push to make Hindi the national language...

Vandalur zoo holds no plastic awareness drive

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur here conducted a no plastic awareness campaign on Wednesday in association with the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management...

Protesters blacken Hindi words at railway stn

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Police said the youths were led by R Gnanaprakash, who is the DMK IT wing co-ordinator in Gudiyatham assembly constituency. They raised anti-Hindi slogans...

TN min blames truck for electrocution of man

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Tamil Nadu power minister P Thangamani on Wednesday said Tangedco can’t be blamed for the electrocution of Sethu Rajan of Chitlapakkam on Monday night...

Adani Power to supply 185MW to TN for 3 years

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Adani Power, through its arm Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd (REGL) Chhattisgarh, will supply 185MW to Tamil Nadu over the next three years...

SC stays rape convict execution for last hearing

4 days ago

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a man convicted for the rape and murder of a 10-year old girl and the murder of her 7-year-old brother in Coimbatore in 2010...

Why 80% of Cauvery water was wasted in 10 days

4 days ago

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Madras HC security up a day after bomb threat

4 days ago

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A day after the Madras high court received a bomb threat from a person claiming to be a member of ‘International Khaalistaan Support Group’, security has been beefed up on the premises...

TN: Trichy station faces plastic ban from Oct 2

5 days ago

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Gold worth Rs 32 lakh seized from passenger

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Customs officials at Chennai international airport on Tuesday seized gold worth Rs 32 lakh from a passenger who had concealed it in LED lanterns and digital radio sets...

New district: Bandh observed in Sankarankovil

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

one-day bandh was observed in Sankarankovil town and surrounding areas to press for creation of Sankarankovil district...

Chennai cab driver found dead near Madurai

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The body of a man recovered from a canal near Kottampatti in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu has been identified as that of cab driver V Naganathan from Chennai who had been missing since September 8. Police are yet to trace a multi utility vehicle he drove...

TN: 'Reopen Sterlite plant, resume CSR work'

5 days ago

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Residents of Sankaraperi and Meelavittan villages situated near the sealed Sterlite copper smelter plant have petitioned the Tuticorin district administration to reopen the plant and to resume the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities...

MDMK workers thrash engineer in Chennai

5 days ago

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An executive engineer of Greater Chennai Corporation was bashed up by MDMK workers when he tried to remove illegal political banners set up on Todd Hunter Road near the YMCA Ground on Sunday...

25-yr-old attacked for second time in 3 months

6 days ago

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Motorcycle-borne man snatches woman’s gold chain

6 days ago

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A motorcycle-borne man snatched a gold chain of a woman near central bus stand here on Sunday...

Tamil Nadu revises Class X board exam schedule

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations (TNDGE) has postponed the Class X board examination by 10 days...

TN: SriLankan Airlines plane suffers bird hit

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A Srilankan Airlines plane -- that was grounded here for several hours after suffering a bird hit on Sunday morning -- took off in the early hours of Monday with 40 passengers on board...

Illegal banners: DMK 'complying' with orders

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After the Madras high court called political parties to start a movement against illegal banners, the DMK has recorded its stand on the issue. The party has filed an affidavit stating that it has been complying with and will continue to comply with court orders regarding erection of banners and cut-outs...

Tamil Nadu: Bitten by snake in hostel room, girl dies

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 14-year-old schoolgirl died on the way to hospital after she was bitten by a snake inside her hostel room...

Sexual abuse: Fake ‘encounter specialist’ held

6 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A class seven dropout claiming to be an encounter specialist who had gunned down two dreaded criminals set up a telemarketing firm in Chennai and used it to marry seven women and sexually abuse six others over the last two years...

Where is Jayagopal? Police have no answer

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Where is S Jayagopal, the man who put up the poster that killed Subashree? Do the city police really not know?..

Body of newborn found in TN govt hospital toilet

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A newborn girl’s body, with umbilical cord and placenta, was found stuffed in the closet of a lady’s lavatory in the emergency ward of the Vaniyambadi Government Hospital on Sunday...

3 members of 'Pak Mujaid' WhatsApp grp quizzed

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The special intelligence cell (SIC) of the Coimbatore city police questioned three Muslim youths, working in a gold smithery here, for being members of a WhatsApp group whose admin is a Pakistani national. The trio hailed from West Bengal...

Banner death: Another life lost 2 years on

7 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The outrage following the death of IT professional R Subashree in Chennai on Thursday after an illegal banner fell on her sparked some action from the corporation and police on Saturday, with patrol vehicles being deployed to check the menace...

AIADMK firm on two-language policy

8 days ago

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Rejecting Union home minister Amit Shah’s pitch for common language for India and that Hindi could unite the country, the ruling AIADMK, a key constituent of the NDA, on Saturday said the party would continue to remain firm on its two-language policy – Tamil and English...

TN govt may reduce traffic violation fines

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

With BJP-led Gujarat government reducing penalties for traffic violations, the Tamil Nadu government is all set to 'slightly' bring down the fines.The Centre had recently amended the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act...

E-sevai centres continue to suffer days after fire

8 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Frequent slowdown at Arasu e-sevai centres in the city has led to thousands of people unable to access public services...

TN: Fake doc tries to cheat woman of Rs 10L, held

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 32-year-old man, who posed as a government doctor, has been arrested on the day of his marriage reception in Madhavaram...

Gangrape of minor girl: NHRC seeks ATR

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A four-member bench of the National Human Rights Commission on Friday sought an action taken report on the gangrape of an 11-year-old deaf girl at Ayanavaram here in 2018...

Rs 3,000-cr transactions expected at Travel Mart

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Business transactions to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore are expected during the second edition of the Tamil Nadu Travel Mart that begins here on September 19...

Techie Death: HC orders action, Rs 5L aid

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After grilling Tamil Nadu government and Chennai Corporation officials for almost the whole day for failing to check the menace of unauthorised digital banners which caused the death of a 23-year-old woman software engineer Thursday, the Madras high court on Friday directed the state to take appropriate action against police and corporation officials responsible for the failure...

NHRC may reopen Tuticorin police firing case

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) may consider a review petition filed by social activist Hendri Tiphange to reopen the Tuticorin police firing case. The police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters claimed the lives on 13 people in May 2018...

8 of 10 Indian kids suffer from oral health issues

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

At least eight out of 10 children in India suffer from oral health issues, underscoring the need for immediate action, says a recent national study...

Idol theft case: Accused moves Madras HC

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Hindu religious and charitable endowments department additional commissioner N Thirumagal, accused in an idol theft case, moved the Madras high court challenging the cancellation of her bail by a lower court...

Techie death: 'Will CM issue statement?' asks HC

9 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Wondering how many more litres of blood the state government needs to paint the roads with, the Madras high court on Friday asked whether at least now the chief minister would be willing to issue a statement against such unauthorised banners...

Man, 46, run over by bus at CMBT following scuffle

9 days ago

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Bizwoman, 50, hangs self at her Chennai house

9 days ago

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Reeta Lankalingam, joint chairman of Lanson Toyota, a car dealership firm, committed suicide at her residence in Nungambakkam on Thursday, police said. She was 50...

Techie dies after illegal banner crashes on her

10 days ago

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Illegal hoardings claimed their first victim in Chennai on Thursday. A software engineer riding home after work was knocked off her bike and came under the wheels of a water tanker when a flex banner erected for the marriage of an AIADMK functionary’s son crashed on her near Pallikaranai on Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road...

Man sentenced to 10-year RI for sexual abuse

10 days ago

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A mahila court in Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu on Thursday sentenced a man to ten years rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl under the pretext of marrying her...

IIT-Madras archive showcases 60 years of growth

10 days ago

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Indian Institute of Technology - Madras on Thursday launched a historical archive showcasing its 60 years of growth as part of its diamond jubilee year...

Tamil Nadu: Four huts gutted in Trichy

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Four huts were gutted in a fire that broke out at Pandamangalam in Woraiyur here on Thursday...

HC refuses further extension of parole to Nalini

10 days ago

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The Madras high court on Thursday refused to grant anymore extension of parole to Rajiv Gandhi assassination case life convict Nalini Sriharan. She has been out of prison on ordinary leave since July 25 to make arrangements for her daughter's marriage...

Unpaid dues: Govt threatens to seal TN med univ

10 days ago

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The revenue department has asked the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University to pay dues of Rs 87.45 crore for the 10-acre property in Guindy the varsity was allotted in 1992...

Bar association sees no malice in CJ's transfer

10 days ago

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Delhi-based All India Bar Association (AIBA) has taken exception to Madras high court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani’s decision to resign her constitutional position, saying it amounted to ‘denigration of the collegium of the Supreme Court’...

IGP catches cop taking bribe from truck drivers

11 days ago

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Puducherry inspector general of police Surender Singh Yadav, who has the habit of patrolling the town and suburbs in plainclothes on bicycles with his trusted subordinates at odd hours, caught a policeman red-handed while the latter was collecting bribe from truck drivers...

TN: AIBA objects to Tahilramani's resignation

11 days ago

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The association also suggested that she respect the collective wisdom of the collegium, especially when no allegation of any mala fide has been levelled by her...

Toddler among three found dead on railway track

11 days ago

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A man, a woman and a toddler were found dead on a railway track near Samalpatty in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning...

Auto makes a comeback in Chennai

11 days ago

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Four years ago, when cab aggregators took the city by storm, many had sounded the death knell for Chennai’s autorickshaws...

Broken injection needle left in newborn's thigh

11 days ago

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In a gross negligence, a broken piece of an injection needle used for vaccination was left in the thigh of a newborn baby by the staff of the Mettupalayam government hospital...

Rs 36L for teacher who lost hand in accident

12 days ago

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A court in Srivilliputhur in Tamil Nadu has ordered a compensation of Rs 36 lakh to a woman schoolteacher who lost her right hand when a TNSTC bus hit her in 2016...

JMB terror outfit leader arrested in Chennai

12 days ago

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Asadullah S K alias Raja, 35, from a hideout at Neelankarai in Chennai on Tuesday. Asadullah is a native of Burdwan in West Bengal...

Tamil Nadu: Class XII boy dies of burns from ‘Olympic’ torch

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A Class XII student of a Chengalpet school died on Sunday of burns suffered 10 days ago when the bowl with the Olympic flame he had just lit for the sports meet fell on him...

TN: Mom, stepdad detained for death of girl

12 days ago

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A three-year-old girl child was allegedly beaten to death by her stepfather at their house in Puzhal on Sunday night. Police detained Asif, the stepfather, and Bhavani, the child’s mother, in connection with the incident...

Madurai man held for sexual abuse of minor girl

13 days ago

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The Madurai city police on Sunday arrested a 63-year-old man for sexually abusing the 12-year-old daughter of an employee working in a tailoring unit he is running...

L-G office not against free rice scheme: Bedi

13 days ago

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Puducherry lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi on Monday refuted the charges levelled by the Congress government led by chief minister V Narayanasamy that her office had not approved the free rice scheme in the Union territory...

Agencies in TN step up vigil ahead of festivals

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

With festive days ahead and vigilance officials stepping up scrutiny, corrupt government officials will need to be more imaginative in getting their palms greased...

Madurai man develops alcohol detector prototype

13 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

A 22-year-old youth from Madurai city has developed an alcohol detector prototype, which can detect people who have consumed alcohol without blowing into the device. It can raise a beep sound when placed a few inches away from the mouth...

Chennai may receive scattered showers today

14 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

After consecutive days of rain, the city experienced a dry patch for three days in a row...

TN: Tobacco products found dumped along lake

23 hours ago

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Police recovered about ₹10 lakh worth banned tobacco products dumped on the banks of a lake near Gummidipoondi...

Chennai suburbs to get more rain in next 2 days

23 hours ago

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The city is expected to get more rain in the evenings in the coming days because of convection activity and effect of upper air circulation over Bay of Bengal...

TN, Puducherry bypolls on October 21

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The Election Commission on Saturday announced by-elections schedule in two assembly constituencies of Nanguneri and Vikkravandi in Tamil Nadu and also in the Kamaraj Nagar assembly constituency in Puducherry Union Territory...

Hit by cricket ball, Navy officer dies in Chennai

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A 25-year-old Navy officer died after a cricket ball hit him in the chest during a game with other personnel at INS Adyar near Chennai Port...

Chennai: Woman loses gold, cash to ‘sorcerer’

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A lawyer lodged a complaint with the Saidapet police on Thursday saying an unidentified man who gained entry into his house “mesmerised” his wife and escaped with 150 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 2.5 lakh cash...

Chennai to host discussion on family portraiture

2 days ago

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Photo-based artist Annu Palakunnathu Matthew and fine art photographer Martine Fougeron will come together in a panel discussion on family portraiture in Chennai. Presented by Chennai Photo Biennale, the discussion will delve into what a family portrait means in the modern-day scenario...

TN: Bodybuilding supplements seized; 3 arrested

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

Customs officials at Chennai international airport on Thursday seized bodybuilding supplements being smuggled into the country by three passengers...

Now juniors can't draw more salary than seniors

2 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Chennai

The Tamil Nadu government has introduced a new format to rectify the pay anomalies of the senior and junior staff in the service...